There are few examples of poor and underdeveloped countries that adopted the Western political model and went on to become successful and prosperous as a result, and plenty of examples of countries that did not.

China has a long history that stretches for thousands of years. At the beginning of the 19th century, China's GDP ranked first in the world. However, by the end of the Qing Dynasty, the country was closed to the world…

I am privileged to have been able to observe China's growth from before its 1978 reforms until today. I first visited China with a Philippines-China friendship group in 1977, and then with my father, the late President Diosdado Macapagal in…

Tomorrow, Saturday, a regular meeting of the Syrian Negotiating Commission will be held, and today a meeting took place between the members of the commission and the special envoys for the Syrian file of a group of countries, including the…

The Russian representative to the UN said in one of the many sessions held by the Security Council during the last few weeks to discuss the “Israeli” aggression against Gaza, and in response to the repeated Western argument for its…

Today, Wednesday, the Special Representative of the Russian President for Middle Eastern and African Affairs, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, met with the representative of the leadership of the Syrian Opposition Front for Change and Liberation, head of the…

In mid-October 2023, the Third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will be held in Beijing. This coincides with the 10th anniversary of China’s launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which was practically launched in September and…

A phenomenon that recurs more than once ceases to be a coincidence and it becomes necessary to determine the law that governs it. This is what logic and scientific methods say with regard to studying phenomena, whether they are natural…

The grain agreement signed between Russia and Ukraine, with Turkish mediation, ended on July 22. The agreement stipulated allowing transport of Ukrainian grain across the Black Sea, provided that the shipments be inspected in the Turkish Bosphorus Strait, under supervision…

The Security Council failed earlier this July in extending the cross-border aid mechanism after expiration of UNSC Resolution 2672, which was adopted on January 9, 2023. This resolution was the last of a series of resolutions that started since adopting…